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Introduction to therapeutic communities
- Author:
- KENNARD David
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 192p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets the work of therapeutic communities within their historic and social context, looking in detail at the influence of leaders in the field, to create a backdrop against which current practice can be viewed. Examines communities aimed at specific sectors of society, including drug abusers, offenders, people with mental health problems, and people with severe personality disorders. Part two describes the day to day running of a therapeutic community, and the responsibilities, anxieties and rewards experienced by members of staff.
New line on mental health care
- Authors:
- TAYLOR Steve, BIRTLES Clair
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 28.1.98, 1998, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Looks at the setting up of a 24-hour helpline after an increase in crisis phone calls to a mental health unit.
Dancing with angels: involving survivors in mental health training
- Authors:
- CREPAZ-KEAY David, BINNS Chris, WILSON Evelyn
- Publisher:
- Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Brief guidance aimed at a wide range of mental health professionals on involving survivors in mental health training and staff development.
Training support programme: letting through the light; a training pack on black people and mental health
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Letter accompaning training pack.
An open and shut case?
- Author:
- MARTELL Rael
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 30.12.98, 1998, p.19.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reports on the long-awaited shake-up of mental health services and asks whether the changes will work.
Fighting for support
- Author:
- WHITE Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 30.12.98, 1998, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Mental health nurses may expect to encounter violent behaviour, but should they also have to fight for managerial support when they are attacked?. Reports on the issues.
Do you see what I see?
- Author:
- RYAN Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Open Mind, 94, November 1998, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- MIND
When it comes to perceptions of risk, research has shown that it's all in the eye of the beholder. Reports on the results of a survey, of those within the mental health arena, to investigate how risks were perceived. Discusses the results in relation to gender, professional differences and stakeholder differences.
Storm warning
- Author:
- ROWDEN Ray
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 7.10.98, 1998, p.32.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The government's interim report on mental health policy may look impressive, but the author warns that only by drawing in service users and staff will ministers be able to make new policies work.
A brave face is not enough
- Author:
- STEELE Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.9.98, 1998, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how social workers who suffer from mental illness face prejudice and sometimes unfair dismissal at the hands of their employers. Looks at how this intolerant attitude forces staff to hide psychological problems.
Learning together
- Author:
- REYNOLD Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(8), April 1998, p.276.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Discusses the Open University's new course on mental health for people working in health and social services in which mutual understanding and the user perspective are central elements.